The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
Saltwater has new band.
The log jam at Taylor's Falls is grow
ing.
Gary is new Norman county post
office.
The yearly log jam is on at Taylor's
Falls.
Red Wing Industrial Association fair
Sept. 1-3.
Mclean, the Duluth check forger, is
still missing.
Saltwater will not get free mail deliv-
cry until October.
E. S. Conner, an old citizen of Red
Wing. died last week, aged 80.
j. .Quamme's 10 year old child was
kicked TO death at Cannon Falls.
H. E, Burner, Joliet. ILL.,, is the new
steward at Saltwater penitenliary.
The Hersey-Bean Lumber Company,
Saltwater, gave the fire department
$1O0.
DAKOTA.
The Farmers Union Elevator Com
pany will build a warehouse at Bath
gate.
The miners at the carbonate camp,
near Deadwood. tarred and feather ed
one Nichols for abusing his wife and
child.
Harry Hoohey was killed by lightning
at Ardoch last week. One of the horses
with which he was blowing was also
killed.
E. N. Brann has severed his connec-
tion as editor of the Watertown Courier
News and is succeeded by CIV, Aims
worth, of Ogdensburg, n. Y.
AT LARGE.
President Irwin, of the American Ex-
change Bank of Chicago has resigned,
but will remain member of the direct
crate.
Two sections of train collided at
Wheeling. w. Va, killing Engineer
Jennings and destroyed several cars o
live stock.
Among the supreme court decisions
in Iowa is one that city cannot grant a
railroad company exclusive right to the
use of streets.
An ingenius woman at Blackfoot,
Idaho, effected the escape of two MUIR
derers and a number of horsethieves.
One murderer was recaptured.
The interstate commerce commission
ers will have to decide on the rights of
colored persons to ride in regular first
class cars if they pay full fare.
Cornell University recently sold the
timber on $4,000 acres of land in Ash
land county, Wis. for over $500, 1000.
The land is valuable for iron ore.
"A riot at Oak Ridge, La, over the ar
rest of negro for assault resulted in the
death of one white man and six negroes,
with several white men seriously hurt.
Trains are now moving with regular
lty over the Mullen pass in Montana by
the temporary track laid down over
head. The cave in the tunnel is very
serious one and will take some weeks to
repair it. ....
SPORTING.
Tuckerman has been released by Min
neapolis and has signed to pitch for Eau
Claire.
The Glass Block Foot Ball club de-
feated the Tam O'Shanter club in q
match game last week.
Ten Brock, the famous thoroughbred
horse, died in Kentucky last week. He
was Is years old and was valued at $780,
600.
Charles Mitchell, the English pugi-
list, and Reddy Gallagher, Of Cleveland,
have signed articles for six-round hard
glove fight to take place within four
weeks.
The Berliner Ruder club won the EN-
peror's challenge cup for four-o cared out
r1ggers in the Berlin regatta, and a
Frankfort crew won similar cup in the
Ems regatta.
Jack McAulife is after Carney, the
English pugilist, for the championship
belt McAulife says that if Carney
won't fight he Will arrest him to prevent
him from taking the belt out of the
country.
Jem Smith, the English heavyweight,
has accepted the challenge Of Jake Kill
rain to fight for the worlds champion
ship. He names the continent as the
battle ground and 81, 800 side as the
stakes, with $500 as expenses.
The Harvard University crew defeat
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